We already told our siblings and parents. Our grandparents and other family members are going to be told at thanksgiving. I believe we may put our daughter in a big sister shirt and see how long it takes for people to notice.
For or everyone else, we want to do matching x-mas pjs and have a picture with the stockings/tree. My daughter would be next to a sign that says, “Santa came early this year” “Baby Watts due June 2019”. I’ll be 13 weeks December 15th so it works out nice.
A lot of people already know...my dad, sister, brother, and the in-laws. Co-workers know because I’ve been so sick and my 4 year has told the whole neighborhood and his school crew lol.
As for for social media...I’ll probably do something around Thanksgiving. I’m having a hard time due to the month it is...
My my mom died suddenly from a very short and terrible battle with cancer last November 14th. Part of me is having a hard time because she’s gone and that’s so raw still. I’ve sobbed a lot knowing she’s not here for me and our new baby.
Oh @Erin1510 I’m so sorry. I didn’t realize it had almost been a year since your mom passed away *hugs*. I understand why you would be so sad. I’m sorry your mom isn’t here to meet your new baby.
@ShadeofGreen816 that’s exactly how I feel too. *TW* I just went through a loss in July and it was so helpful to have the people around me know what was going on. It made me feel not so alone *end TW* it’s just so exciting! It’s hard to keep it in.
We haven't told anyone and won't until Christmas. This is our third. We are going to send out a normal Christmas card of just our family, but then write all of our names and baby. Hope they're reading carefully to see haha! we will or actually our elf will tell our girls before we send out the card.
My mom and close friends know we’ve been going through IVF this year and I was supposed to do a transfer before Thanksgiving. So I’ve been telling them about our unexpected surprise, it’s nice to have the support and people pulling for you after all of the struggles.
I’ve been doing less and less with social media lately, keeping big news more private. Combine that with prior losses and we probably won’t put anything out there or even in a Christmas card or something until one day I post/send baby pics and people will think WTF, when did that happen?
That being said, I love all the ideas you ladies have come up with for doing yours! In particular, I love the thanksgiving shirt @klmcguire.
My husband is flying down to LA and is planning to tell his parents in person that I’m pregnant. He’s also dropping the news that we are moving back to LA (and therefore super close) to them after baby is born. I think MIL might have a heart attack with the amalgamation of news 😂
I have a super cute idea for an announcement, but it’s gonna take me some time to get together and DH and I have decided to tell his mom now instead. She’s supposed to visit in December (literally the heart of my first tri and morning sickness). I’d still love for her to come, but I don’t want her to feel like her vacay would be ruined by my possibly being completely useless and I’m also worried she might want to wait until baby 2 is here.... so here goes the most unexciting pregnancy announcement via phone lol.
Hubby and Me Friends since 2008 Started dating: July 1st, 2013 Engaged: July 1st, 2014 Married: July 1st, 2016 R born: July 8th, 2017 N born: June 30th, 2019 Baby #3 Due: July 7th, 2022 (maybe I only ovulate in October XD)
We live across the country from our families, but my good friend from high school owns a florist so I’m going to send a bouquet of flowers to each of our parents house for thanksgiving saying we are extra thankful this year, baby X coming in June! Our parents know but our extended families will see the card.
I’m a food blogger so for our social media announcement I’m going to make somtheing - maybe a gingerbread family?
I told my supervisor and the manager of the department as soon as I found out because I’d need to set up appointments (I was already 6w at the time.) we got Spud’s 8W U/S and made copies of the picture, put them in mugs that said “best grandma ever” and “best grandpa ever” and gave them to my parents.
We just flat out told his parents. It was about 10 pm on a Sunday and I was already a crabby crab.
For our hockey team, I told them I’d been put on LTIR (long term injured reserve for those who don’t sport, or forgot ) and my wing partner asked how long. I told them about 9 months. One of the guys was the only one that didn’t get it, until his girlfriend turned to him and said “she’s pregnant!”
For social media I want to have a pic of hubs and I in jerseys with our names on the back, and holding a little pair of hockey skates. Just say “baby Spud, skating out June 2019”
@battleangel our announcement on social media will be hockey themed. Neither of us play but we are big fans of our home team. In a couple weeks I will post our reveal on here since its pretty specific to us and we will be telling people soon.
We are planning on telling our parents and siblings when we see them around Thanksgiving. I will be around 8 weeks. I thought this shirt was a fun way to make a Thanksgiving announcement. This will be the first grandchild for my husband's parents. We will probably wait until Christmas (13 weeks) to tell everyone else. That will be after my first OB and first round of tests. I am open to any cute ideas for a Christmas announcement.
*Edit - Just noticed I wasn't the only one with this idea. Haha, great minds think alike @klmcguire! The shirt was too cute to resist.
I love all these ideas! We won't be doing the social meeting thing. My husband loathes social media and I just really don't like it that much. We have already told each of our parents. This is our first and I'm horrible about keeping secrets. Plus, with how bad my MS has been, it would have been too difficult to hide my misery. We have also told our siblings, my husbands grandparents, my godmother, and my best friend. Those are the people we would lean on if something took a turn for the worse anyways, so it felt right to tell them. I didn't tell my grandparents because they are really old and I'm not sure they could handle it if something went wrong.
For everyone else though, we are probably going to call all the really important people (aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents, etc.). Then probably let some things spread by word of mouth. We will probably tell people around 13-14 weeks so I'm in my 2nd trimester. I would like to do an Xmas accouncement for everyone else. Our family and friends are all over the place.
@harrierwife I was thinking something super similar so I, naturally, love your idea! Great minds think alike
We've already told my parents & father-in-law, along with my 3 best friends and my wife's 2 best friends, since they all knew we were doing IVF and were big supports during that process. To be fair, if something were to go wrong and we were to lose this baby, they are all people we would want to talk to about it/be supported by as well.
As for extended family, I had wanted to wait until December, but I'm guessing that turning down wine at Thanksgiving will give me away. So, I may just make the announcement then (I'll be two days shy of 12 weeks, so I feel like it's close enough to the second trimester.) It'll depend on whether or not we have the results of the NIPT by then.
We have another group of close friends that we do a monthly game night with - I really want to sneak in a trivia question-type thing to tell them! (Something like "True or false... Elle is pregnant?" question that gets read during the game.)
Not sure about a social media announcement - my wife really wants to do it, but I'm on the fence. Although I do love the idea of Christmas stockings!
I've always shared pretty much everything with my mother, good or bad, so she's known almost as long as we have. We're waiting to tell anyone else partly because of the risk and partly because we want to tell his parents in person. They've wanted grandkids for ages and this will be their first. She was in her 40s when she had her twins so it's a big deal to her.
I've never been comfortable announcing things on social media so there probably won't be anything like that. I can trust family gossip to make sure everyone finds out.
Just bumping this up...I'm 100% on board with wanting good board organization (please #admins let me stay on your good side!) but to be fair, it had fallen down far enough that it wasn't on the first page of threads and I've made this mistake before myself and someone was nice enough to direct me to the right place.
Originally, we were going to wait to tell anyone until after our appt on 11/19. However, DH had so much excitement he told his parents and brother about 45 minutes after we said we weren't telling anyone. He said he couldn't sit on big news like that and new everyone would be happy and God forbid something goes wrong, we have support. I ended up telling my family a few days ago through a group message with a poem that essentially said our family of 3 was expanding to 4 next year. I ended up having to tell my boss and coworkers because of my morning sickness. It isn't normal for me to be running to the bathroom like I am! lol
I ordered our cake for Sunday's announcement to our friends and some family. Was hoping for a goalie image so i could write we pulled the goalie but nothing worked so its generic we're expecting in our favorite hockey teams colors. I got a shirt that says coming soon with a heart on the belly. Dh drove me to 4 stores last night in two cities lol to find THE shirt. The plan is to wear it at the party we are hosting till people notice. Not sure if i would be happier if someone notices right away or if i can get away with wearing it like an hour undetected
We saw all our family when we went back to OK to visit. We had a big brother shirt for Ds some people saw it in seconds while my sister took an hour to notice.
My SIL and BIL who live in DC we called them. They have 4 kids and gave us their old britax b-ready stroller with DS (converts to a double) we called and just asked if they happened to have the extra seat. SIL went looking for it and found it and asked when we needed it by...we said June and it took her a minute and she was screaming. Lol
I haven't told my brother yet, he lives not near us and doesn't come up for many family things. I'm thinking of just texting the picture I took of DS in the shirt and letting it go that way. He and SIL don't want kids and are always less than thrilled about LOs. So, I don't expect much, but I should probably tell them before too long.
We do not live in the same city as our parents. We announced to them by putting my son in a best brother (could not find a big brother at 6 different stores at the mall). Well it took awhile for them to get it. I forgot on how snapchat video chat it mirrors your image. I saw my mom looking at the shirt and was like why isn't she saying anything. Eventually she said how it was backwards and was said "wait does that say brother!?".
I may never tell! Lol my mother isn't that supportive, tells me should've stopped at 2, so-called friends on Facebook love to criticize when they find out you have more than a couple kids...I just wish I wouldn't have to worry about what other people think or say. Honestly I don't really care too much, but it's still hurtful. I love my big family that's getting bigger, and that's all that matters!:-)
@ellebailey2b I am also not anticipating a positive reaction from my mother, so we are waiting until after the CVS test results (so another few weeks at least), and are only going to tell her if everything is fine. I really don't need any unsolicited advice or commentary otherwise. My mom didn't use to be so negative and critical, she has become that way with age. I miss the mom I remember from when I was young. It's sad, but I'm learning how to manage the new relationship. Part of that is withholding information that could cause painful interactions.
I'm so nervous about telling my mom. But I really need her to watch my daughters for my next appointment so i've gotta tell her pretty quickly. Hopefully she will keep any negative opinions to herself (or surprise me and not have any). Thinking of telling her this weekend so keep me in your thoughts all! I honestly am not nervous to tell anyone but her!
Posted this pic on facebook today. Wore a coming soon shirt at our party today. Some people asked right when they came into our house others were too nervous to question it lol
Thanks @ki1244 it was great with the exception of the few people who didnt notice immediately lol. It was a fun way to do it. Now my phone has blown up with the well wishers
First grandchild on my side! We are gifting these mugs in 9 days when I'm nearly 13 weeks along. I can't wait - the secrecy bubble has been fun but we are SO ready to tell people!!! Parents first though!
@wearyfuzzball Thank you! I did! RoseGoldRebel. It was a bit pricey to ship them to Canada but they are by far the cutest ones I found! Also very worth it 😊
@ashucal those are super cute! oh my gosh, I couldn't keep my mouth shut. I talk to my mom too much. DH and I told both our parents (who live far away from us) in a very awkward, double FaceTime phone calls. I called my parents from my phone and he called his. We told them 2 days after our BFP. I wanted them to both learn the same way at the same time so no one could be jealous.
@chrssyms It's starting to wear on me, not telling! But mine live out of town too (not too far, a few hours driving) and I definitely wanted to tell them in person. Less than a week now!! And we planned a visit with his parents when we get back in town - we have little infant shoes to give them as their gift! I was worried about jealousy too, we are trying to be as fair as possible. It's fun to think of cool ways to tell people though! It's nice you're close with your mom...I debated telling early but just felt it was important to wait. I am so excited to finally be able to chat with her about everything!
I ended up announcing on Facebook over the weekend when I hit 11 weeks. My dad was visiting and I knew he be taking and posting pictures and I’m obviously showing a bump already. I used this picture
Currently 12+2. Next appointment is Wednesday. DH wants to tell our entire family and friends this week if all is well. I still feel like it’s early, but he is so excited and especially after our NIPT results came back low risk. When I woke up Sunday morning he was like “I started a list of baby girl names while you were sleeping.” We won’t be revealing the sex until Christmas as a fun gift to our parents. I ordered the ornaments yesterday.
*TW* Spoiler
Me: 33 DH:30 DD: Aug '16 10/2017: Twins confirmed with TTTS at 22 weeks. 10/10/17 Twin B passed after in utero surgery 11/2/17 Twin A & B born 11/26/17: Twin A passed after 24 days fighting in the NICU Benched 6 months BFP: 6/28/18 MC:7/16/18 BO BFP: 10/2/18 EDD 6/15/18
Re: Announcement Thread
For or everyone else, we want to do matching x-mas pjs and have a picture with the stockings/tree. My daughter would be next to a sign that says, “Santa came early this year” “Baby Watts due June 2019”. I’ll be 13 weeks December 15th so it works out nice.
As for for social media...I’ll probably do something around Thanksgiving. I’m having a hard time due to the month it is...
My my mom died suddenly from a very short and terrible battle with cancer last November 14th. Part of me is having a hard time because she’s gone and that’s so raw still. I’ve sobbed a lot knowing she’s not here for me and our new baby.
I’ve been doing less and less with social media lately, keeping big news more private. Combine that with prior losses and we probably won’t put anything out there or even in a Christmas card or something until one day I post/send baby pics and people will think WTF, when did that happen?
That being said, I love all the ideas you ladies have come up with for doing yours! In particular, I love the thanksgiving shirt @klmcguire.
possibly being completely useless and I’m also worried she might want to wait until baby 2 is here.... so here goes the most unexciting pregnancy announcement via phone lol.
Friends since 2008
Started dating: July 1st, 2013
Engaged: July 1st, 2014
Married: July 1st, 2016
R born: July 8th, 2017
N born: June 30th, 2019
Baby #3 Due: July 7th, 2022
(maybe I only ovulate in October XD)
I’m a food blogger so for our social media announcement I’m going to make somtheing - maybe a gingerbread family?
We just flat out told his parents. It was about 10 pm on a Sunday and I was already a crabby crab.
For our hockey team, I told them I’d been put on LTIR (long term injured reserve for those who don’t sport, or forgot
For social media I want to have a pic of hubs and I in jerseys with our names on the back, and holding a little pair of hockey skates. Just say “baby Spud, skating out June 2019”
*Edit - Just noticed I wasn't the only one with this idea. Haha, great minds think alike @klmcguire! The shirt was too cute to resist.
For everyone else though, we are probably going to call all the really important people (aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents, etc.). Then probably let some things spread by word of mouth. We will probably tell people around 13-14 weeks so I'm in my 2nd trimester. I would like to do an Xmas accouncement for everyone else. Our family and friends are all over the place.
@harrierwife I was thinking something super similar so I, naturally, love your idea! Great minds think alike
As for extended family, I had wanted to wait until December, but I'm guessing that turning down wine at Thanksgiving will give me away. So, I may just make the announcement then (I'll be two days shy of 12 weeks, so I feel like it's close enough to the second trimester.) It'll depend on whether or not we have the results of the NIPT by then.
We have another group of close friends that we do a monthly game night with - I really want to sneak in a trivia question-type thing to tell them! (Something like "True or false... Elle is pregnant?" question that gets read during the game.)
Not sure about a social media announcement - my wife really wants to do it, but I'm on the fence. Although I do love the idea of Christmas stockings!
I've never been comfortable announcing things on social media so there probably won't be anything like that. I can trust family gossip to make sure everyone finds out.
We saw all our family when we went back to OK to visit. We had a big brother shirt for Ds some people saw it in seconds while my sister took an hour to notice.
My SIL and BIL who live in DC we called them. They have 4 kids and gave us their old britax b-ready stroller with DS (converts to a double) we called and just asked if they happened to have the extra seat. SIL went looking for it and found it and asked when we needed it by...we said June and it took her a minute and she was screaming. Lol
I haven't told my brother yet, he lives not near us and doesn't come up for many family things. I'm thinking of just texting the picture I took of DS in the shirt and letting it go that way. He and SIL don't want kids and are always less than thrilled about LOs. So, I don't expect much, but I should probably tell them before too long.
So we told our parents and siblings today by sharing a picture of DD. It was fun to see who caught it first on each side! Lol
Currently 12+2. Next appointment is Wednesday. DH wants to tell our entire family and friends this week if all is well. I still feel like it’s early, but he is so excited and especially after our NIPT results came back low risk. When I woke up Sunday morning he was like “I started a list of baby girl names while you were sleeping.” We won’t be revealing the sex until Christmas as a fun gift to our parents. I ordered the ornaments yesterday.
DD: Aug '16
10/2017: Twins confirmed with TTTS at 22 weeks.
10/10/17 Twin B passed after in utero surgery
11/2/17 Twin A & B born
11/26/17: Twin A passed after 24 days fighting in the NICU
Benched 6 months
BFP: 6/28/18 MC:7/16/18 BO
BFP: 10/2/18 EDD 6/15/18